web01.fireside.fm Tue, 12 May 2026 17:47:34 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Increments - Episodes Tagged with “Criticial Rationalis” https://www.incrementspodcast.com/tags/criticial%20rationalis Tue, 12 May 2026 13:15:00 -0700 Vaden Masrani, a senior research scientist in machine learning, and Ben Chugg, a PhD student in statistics, get into trouble arguing about everything except machine learning and statistics. Coherence is somewhere on the horizon. Bribes, suggestions, love-mail and hate-mail all welcome at incrementspodcast@gmail.com. en-us episodic Science, Philosophy, Epistemology, Mayhem Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani Vaden Masrani, a senior research scientist in machine learning, and Ben Chugg, a PhD student in statistics, get into trouble arguing about everything except machine learning and statistics. Coherence is somewhere on the horizon. Bribes, suggestions, love-mail and hate-mail all welcome at incrementspodcast@gmail.com. no Philosophy,Science,Ethics,Progress,Knowledge,Computer Science,Conversation,Error-Correction Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani incrementspodcast@gmail.com #102 - Criticizing Crit-rats (w/ Bruce Nielson and Peter Johansen) https://www.incrementspodcast.com/102 12a2d2c8-7df8-4322-8811-41cf2bd88316 Tue, 12 May 2026 13:15:00 -0700 Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani full Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani We turn on our own tribe and criticize some of the bad memes that have engulfed the online critical rationalist community 1:46:40 no <p>Turning on our own! Vaden sits down with Bruce Nielson and Peter Johansen to discuss some of the bad memes that run rampant in the online "crit-rat" community, in an attempt of some intra-tribal error-correction. Ben, scared of the retribution, runs away with his tail uncomfortably close to his thighs.</p> <p>Follow Bruce and Peter's work on the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-theory-of-anything/id1503194218" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Theory of Anything Podcast</a>.</p> <p>Sign up for the Theory of Anything podcast Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/BruceNielson" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>, and Check out Peter's Many World of David Deutsch facebook group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2188597894605769/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>. </p> We discuss <ul> <li>Bruce and Peter's origin stories</li> <li>Anarcho-capitalism and its (pseudo) connections to Popperian philosophy</li> <li>CritRat disbelief in mental illness</li> <li>What does the Universal Explainer hypothesis imply about mental illness and IQ?</li> <li>Is Anarcho-capitalism a foundationalist and utopian philosophy?<br> </li> <li>Why are so many crit-rats Trump supporters?</li> </ul> See Also <ul> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LLsyWoshSYgydl6QddW3Y" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Theory of Anything Podcast #136: Michael Golding on Mental Illness</a></li> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LLsyWoshSYgydl6QddW3Y" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Theory of Anything Podcast #82: Popper's Ratchet</a></li> </ul> Socials <ul> <li>Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani, @bnielson01</li> <li>Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link</li> <li>Become a patreon subscriber <a href="https://www.patreon.com/Increments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>. Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations <a href="https://ko-fi.com/increments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>.</li> <li>Click dem like buttons on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_4wZzQyoW4s4ZuE4FY9DQQ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube</a> </li> </ul> <p>I before E except after B? Send your best guess as to the spelling of Bruce's last name (no one knows) over to <a href="mailto:incrementspodcast@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">incrementspodcast@gmail.com</a>. Special Guest: Bruce Nielson.</p> kar- popper, criticial-rationalism, tribe, criticism, philosophy, bad ideas Turning on our own! Vaden sits down with Bruce Nielson and Peter Johansen to discuss some of the bad memes that run rampant in the online "crit-rat" community, in an attempt of some intra-tribal error-correction. Ben, scared of the retribution, runs away with his tail uncomfortably close to his thighs.

Follow Bruce and Peter's work on the Theory of Anything Podcast.

Sign up for the Theory of Anything podcast Patreon here, and Check out Peter's Many World of David Deutsch facebook group here.

We discuss

  • Bruce and Peter's origin stories
  • Anarcho-capitalism and its (pseudo) connections to Popperian philosophy
  • CritRat disbelief in mental illness
  • What does the Universal Explainer hypothesis imply about mental illness and IQ?
  • Is Anarcho-capitalism a foundationalist and utopian philosophy?
  • Why are so many crit-rats Trump supporters?

See Also

Socials

  • Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani, @bnielson01
  • Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link
  • Become a patreon subscriber here. Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations here.
  • Click dem like buttons on youtube

I before E except after B? Send your best guess as to the spelling of Bruce's last name (no one knows) over to incrementspodcast@gmail.com.

Special Guest: Bruce Nielson.

Support Increments

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Follow Bruce and Peter's work on the Theory of Anything Podcast.

Sign up for the Theory of Anything podcast Patreon here, and Check out Peter's Many World of David Deutsch facebook group here.

We discuss

  • Bruce and Peter's origin stories
  • Anarcho-capitalism and its (pseudo) connections to Popperian philosophy
  • CritRat disbelief in mental illness
  • What does the Universal Explainer hypothesis imply about mental illness and IQ?
  • Is Anarcho-capitalism a foundationalist and utopian philosophy?
  • Why are so many crit-rats Trump supporters?

See Also

Socials

  • Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani, @bnielson01
  • Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link
  • Become a patreon subscriber here. Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations here.
  • Click dem like buttons on youtube

I before E except after B? Send your best guess as to the spelling of Bruce's last name (no one knows) over to incrementspodcast@gmail.com.

Special Guest: Bruce Nielson.

Support Increments

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